Author Archives: ianmacd

No brown stains! Sorry, but I had to blurt that out. Frequent readers will know what I’m talking about. We’re home, after a few diversions to escape some fairly horrendous traffic along the A1 near Hamburg. Once we’d worked our … Continue reading →

It was, indeed, a long day, but I’m happy to report that the Maxima is a much nicer ship than the Gloria. The children’s room was good enough to entertain the children for much of the voyage and the food … Continue reading →

As I write this, our ferry is heaving up and down on some sizeable-feeling waves, whilst lightning flashes illuminate the night sky. We started off this morning from Šiauliai and drove west to Plokštinė, rain battering the car on and … Continue reading →

Here we are in Šiauliai, spending our last night in Lithuania and therefore also our last night in the Baltics. The drive up from Kaunas was very easy, primarily due to the first half of the journey being along the … Continue reading →

Good luck again! We awoke to a dry morning, last night’s rain having cleared up nicely, as per our wishes. We certainly can’t complain about the weather we’ve had on this trip. It was also several degrees cooler today, which … Continue reading →